Ishida checkweigher prompts action to improve

22 September 2009




Top-flight checkweighing is a route to increased profitability through a combination of the latest technology, appropriate operator training and incentives, and the ability to analyse and act on prompts given by sophisticated data recording, says Ishida Europe based at Birmingham, UK.

For example, it is claimed that high-volume producers of small packs of condiments and other food service items can cut costs and gain factory space thanks to a new multi-lane checkweigher. The DACS-CW Series with up to six lanes will handle the same volume as several checkweighers, typically 240 packs/min, says Ishida’s marketing manager Torsten Giese.

These machines serve the particular needs of producers of stick and flow-wrap packs of confectionery, coffee, tea and milk powder. Notably, the DACS-SW is designed to cancel out external vibration on a busy factory floor to achieve stable and precise weighing.

A status monitor shows production data from each lane, including exactly from where the rejects come, In tandem with an Ishida Data Capture System (IDCS) even greater cost savings and less product giveaway are possible, says Mr Giese. It will record data from every pack that is weighed by up to 100 checkweighers - by batch, shift, operator, product or machine - and reports production histograms and downtime, prompting an operator to register reasons for stoppages.

The system is compatible across all Ishida DACS checkweigher models and a company can recoup the cost of refitting IDCS into any Ishida checkweigher system in a matter of weeks, claims Mr Giese. The actual payback time depends on how intensively checkweigher systems are being used and on the age, condition and efficiency of existing equipment.




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